Google is famous for having a million similar products with confusingly different names and seemingly nothing in common. But when it comes to its AI work, going forward there is only one name that matters: Gemini. The company announced on Thursday that it is renaming its Bard chatbot to Gemini, releasing a dedicated Gemini app for Android, and even folding all its Duet AI features in Google Workspace into the Gemini brand. It also announced that Gemini Ultra 1.
Google is ditching the Bard name, but otherwise its chatbot will feel the way it has previously; same goes for all the AI features inside of Google’s Workspace apps like Gmail and Docs, which were previously called “Duet AI” but are now also known as Gemini. Those are the features that help you draft an email, organize a spreadsheet, and accomplish other work-related tasks. Most users will still be using the standard version of the Gemini model, known as Gemini Pro.